NUR 508 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment 1, Nursing Leadership Health Policy

 

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The IOM Future of Nursing report calls for an increase in leadership from nurses at all levels. One way nurses demonstrate their role as a leader, is through public policy change. A leader does not always carry an official title or position, but demonstrates leadership through the work and the stance he/she takes to make a change for the good of others. Nurses have been noted by the Gallop poll year after year as the most trusted professionals.

This assignment requires thought about a public policy that is needed or needs to be changed that relates to nursing, healthcare, and/or the public. Policy changes can occur by working with members of your legislature, and state or national nurses associations, to introduce a new bill and/or change to a current law in your state or federal government.

Examples of public policy includes any component of the current legislation governing health care, Medicare part D, Medicaid, nursing regulation, medication technicians, etc.

In 750-1000 words, propose a health policy change (that is currently a bill, a law, or may not exist at all) at the state or federal level that you believe needs to change and why.

1. The policy must NOT be a clinical care policy for individual care. The policy involved may include public or community health, legislative or regulatory, professional organization (nursing-oriented), advanced nursing practice, health plan, or hospital plan.
2. Include a specific section for the exact wording for the bill or change in wording of the law.
3. Include the plan for the implementation of your policy development, to lobbying for passage, to next steps after passage.
4. Discuss who would be the champion for the bill/law change from your state advocates (legislators, federal legislators, local or national state nursing organizations). Are these individuals also influential in making changes occur? Did you vote for the individual in office that you want to help you make this change?

Resources:

1. Review different pieces of legislation for ideas on wording.
2. Visit your state’s legislative governmental affairs website site to understand the process your policy change could take if you wanted to introduce to into legislation.
3. Refer to the Nursing Leadership Health Policy Presentation Rubric.
4. Submit the assignment to the instructor by the end of Topic 2.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

NUR 508 Grand Canyon Week 2 Assignment 2

Nursing Leadership Health Policy

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This is a CLC assignment.

Initiate a conversation among the members of your Collaborative Learning Community regarding potential topics of interest. This should be a health issue with national and international relevance that will be the basis for your ongoing project. It may be helpful to identify a number of topics of interest and have individual group members do a quick survey of the literature to be sure that current information is available.

Refer to “CLC Health Issue Analysis Overview.”

Revise “CLC Group Project Agreement” to include the choice of the identified topic in the title and resubmit the agreement.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected. (A brief paragraph is sufficient to identify the health issue for the group’s analysis.)

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

 

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Nursing Leadership Health Policy

Introduction

In this era of healthcare reform, it is more important than ever for nurses to take leadership roles in health systems. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has stated that there are many opportunities for nursing to play a central role in improving quality and safety in health systems. One way to do this is through making sure that nurses have access to high‐quality education and training so they can lead innovation within their organizations as well as contribute meaningfully to research efforts aimed at improving patient outcomes.

Institutional and Community Nursing Leadership

Nursing leadership is important for the future of healthcare. Nurse leaders have a responsibility to guide nursing care in the best interests of patients and the public. Nurse leaders need to be able to work with other healthcare professionals, such as physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, dietitians and others who provide services that support nursing’s mission.

Nursing leadership can take many forms but it is always about caring for people who have been affected by illness or injury or whose lives have been changed through illness or injury. The focus of nursing leadership should be on supporting nurses’ efforts at improving patient outcomes while also ensuring ethical care (see table).

Organizational, Unit, and Patient‐Focused Nursing Leadership

The first step to creating a healthy nursing leadership health policy is to define the problem before you start on the solution. The more clearly you can identify your goals and objectives, the easier it will be for you and your organization to succeed in achieving them. A good way of doing this is by setting up a “Google Doc” or whiteboard, using words like “health”, “fitness”, and/or “nursing”. This will help get everyone involved—from patients’ families all the way up through senior management—on board with what needs changing in order for all staff members (regardless of title) experience better physical health outcomes than before.

Once we know what we’re aiming for as an organization then we need someone who has already achieved these same targets in their own lives who can share tips on how they did so! You could also ask family members living abroad whether they’ve tried any particular diet plan while traveling abroad; maybe even invite someone else from another country over who knows more about healthy eating habits than ours here at home?

Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Collaboration

It is important to collaborate with other disciplines in order to provide a comprehensive, quality care that meets the needs of patients. Collaboration can be achieved by sharing information and resources, as well as providing opportunities for cross-training or mutual learning experiences.

The following are some examples of collaborative efforts:

• The nursing leadership team collaborates with physicians to develop policies that support best practices for patient safety.

• A physician is involved in designing a new program for all staff members at a hospital that includes interprofessional collaboration, communication between teams (mainly nursing), standardization of procedures, data collection and reporting systems for quality improvement initiatives (e.g., medication errors).

The Business of Healthcare

The business of healthcare is changing. The days when you could be a nurse, doctor or pharmacist and work in isolation are over. As health care professionals and patients become more sophisticated about their treatment options, they demand more from the system. They want to be cared for by people who have advanced skills in areas such as technology, data analytics and research so that they can make better decisions about their care outcomes.

Nurses need to understand how this complex system works; it requires strong leadership at all levels—from front-line nurses all the way up through administrators—and collaboration among different disciplines (such as medicine). Nurses must also work across organizational boundaries within hospitals or clinics if they want nurses’ voices heard when making decisions about certain policies or procedures within those organizations

Professional Voice and Advocacy

Professional voice and advocacy is the act of using your professional position to advocate for what you believe in. It can be as simple as sharing a piece of writing with colleagues or speaking up at a meeting, but it’s important that you use your voice and advocacy skills in order to make an impact on the nursing community.

When we talk about professional voice and advocacy, we’re referring to:

• Using examples from your own experience or research when talking about how something should affect others (e.g., “I’ve seen this happen many times before”). This will help people understand why something needs addressing now rather than later—and it also shows that there are real consequences when nurses don’t speak up!

Quality and Safety in Health Systems

It is important to note that quality and safety are not just about the absence of errors. Safety is more than just “no harm”; it also involves processes, culture, and responsibility for everything from learning from mistakes to learning from others.

In a health system context, this means that safety can only be achieved when all members understand their role in preventing errors or incidents (i.e., they understand their own responsibilities); when there is consistency across all levels of care; when there are clear expectations on what constitutes acceptable practice; how these expectations are communicated externally so that staff know what they should do if something does go wrong; how an incident will be investigated effectively; who does this investigation? The list goes on!

It’s easy for us as nurses because we already work within these systems daily – but what about those new grads coming into our field? They need resources like ours now more than ever before!

Nursing Education for the Future of Healthcare

Nursing education is a key to the future of healthcare. As we all know, there are many challenges facing today’s nurse leaders and their organizations, including:

• The need to be relevant and responsive to the needs of patients

• Accessibility for all who want it

• Affordability for all who want it

Nurse‐Led Programs of Research to Improve Patient Outcomes

The importance of research in improving patient outcomes has been well documented. Research can provide evidence to inform a health care provider’s choices and actions, which are essential in creating optimal patient care. However, research is not always feasible or cost effective; many studies require large sample sizes, long periods of time to conduct them, or both. In addition to these factors, researchers must also account for patient confidentiality concerns when collecting data from patients’ electronic medical records (EMRs). Nurses play an important role in this arena because they have access not only to EMRs but also other sources that may contain more detailed information than what can be collected through EMRs alone.

Nurse‐led programs of research have been shown to improve quality and safety across diverse populations such as postpartum mothers participating in home birth programs or older adults receiving services at assisted living facilities: both groups experienced significant improvements after implementing nurse‐led initiatives designed specifically around improving patient outcomes (1). The prevalence among practitioners today seems similar—nurses are often leading efforts toward bettering our nation’s health care system through innovative solutions such as those mentioned above!

Takeaway:

There are many nursing leadership roles, and each has its own distinct responsibilities. Nursing leadership can be defined as the process of building and maintaining strong relationships between healthcare providers with the goal of creating effective change in care delivery. Nursing leaders are responsible for developing programs that promote wellness through education, research and innovation. They also play an important role in developing policies that support the profession’s mission statement or vision statement.

Nursing Leadership Health Policy: A toolkit for implementing quality improvement projects on behalf of patients through collaboration with other professionals within health systems or hospitals (such as physicians). This toolkit will help you identify which types of initiatives are appropriate for your organization’s needs based on its organizational culture; geography; size; budget constraints; number of acute care beds available at any given time; etc.. If these factors don’t line up then maybe it’s time rethink what kind of process works best before diving into such a complex endeavor!

Conclusion

We are excited about the future of nursing, and we look forward to sharing our experiences with you. The world of nursing is changing rapidly, and it is our goal to help you keep up with these changes while also providing valuable knowledge that will help you advance your career in this field.